The Casual Vacancy By JK Rowling 1st Edition Hardcover 2012

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Special Attributes
1st Edition, Dust Jacket
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1st Edition
Age Level
Adults
Modified Item
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Subject
Small Towns
ISBN
9780316228534
Book Title
Casual Vacancy
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
J.K. Rowling
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Small Town & Rural, General, Literary, Humorous / General
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
512 Pages
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316228532
ISBN-13
9780316228534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117354393

Product Key Features

Book Title
Casual Vacancy
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Psychological, Small Town & Rural, General, Literary, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Author
J.K. Rowling
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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LCCN
2012-943788
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A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot... The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny., There are plenty of pleasures to be had in The Casual Vacancy ....Parts of the story would be tonally of a piece with any Richard Price or Dennis Lehane novel, or an episode of The Wire ., I had come under the spell of a great novel....A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England, rich with literary intelligence....This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply., A vivid read with great, memorable characters and a truly emotional payoff....Rowling captures the humanity in everyone, even if that humanity is not always a pretty sight., The Casual Vacancy , JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus round Pagford., This book represents a truckload of shrewdness.... There were sentences I underlined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how English words could be combined so delightfully....genuinely moving., The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today., An insanely compelling page-turner.... The Casual Vacancy is a comedy, but a comedy of the blackest sort, etched with acid and drawn with pitch....Rowling proves ever dexterous at launching multiple plot lines that roar along simultaneously, never entangling them except when she means to. She did not become the world's bestselling author by accident. She knows down in her bones how to make you keep turning the pages.
Dewey Edition
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TitleLeading
The
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FIC
Synopsis
A big novel about a small town... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other., A big novel about a small town... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty fa ade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
LC Classification Number
PR6068.O93C37 2012

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  • by wool-pa
    Mar 14, 2018

    Ms. Rowling writes very well !

    This is not my usual fare. Quite a gritty book in my opinion, though it is probably an apt description of the people/situations involved.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goatsrus77_7

  • by cbtram75
    Jul 28, 2020

    LARGE PRINT as needed.

    Moving and need large print books. This one looks GREAT. Have read some of her books before, so looking forward to reading as soon as we get settled. Think it will be a book to pass on to my family who love JKR's books. Thank you.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: revivalrowstudio

  • by chaddawn1096
    Sep 21, 2023

    The Casual Vacancy

    Rowling is a wonderful writer and this book is a really good read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-Owned

  • by lesarr_26
    Jun 29, 2020

    great story

    Great condition, just like the picture

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: fraeppa

  • by brans-jenni
    Jan 16, 2019

    No complaints at all.

    I am 100% satisifed. Item as described. Book is really good.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: the-collectors-trove

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